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South Korea (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 127 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 127.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Shares history with Korean Peninsula; was part of Chosŏn kingdom, first founded in 12th century BCE; dominated by China from 3rd century BCE; Buddhism arrived 4th century; invaded by Mongols 13th century, by Japanese 16th century; divided from North Korea after WW II; official language is Korean (an Altaic language with Chinese loanwords), though English and Chinese are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Han'guk (preferred,C,V,Korean, transliterated-P,U,N)
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............ | National Official short form name |
| Taehan Min'guk (C,V,O,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Taehan-min'guk (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Tae Han Min'guk (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Republic of Korea (C,O,English,U,N)
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............ | UN Official English name |
| Korea, South (C,O,Shona)
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| South Korea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| South Korea (North Ndebele)
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| South Korea (Pampanga)
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| Tae Han (C,V)
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| Taehan (C,V)
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| Han-guk (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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............ | unofficial local name that is most often used |
| Korea (C,O,Spanish)
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| Corée du Sud (C,O,French)
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| République de Corée (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Corea del Sur (C,O,Spanish)
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| Corea del Sur (Asturian)
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| Südkorea (C,O,German)
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| Zuidkorea (C,O)
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| República de Corea (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Coréia do Sul (C,O)
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| 한국 (C,V,Korean-P,U)
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| 대한 민국 (C,V,O,Korean,U)
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| Республика Корея (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 大韩民国 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً هوريا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| KOR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| KR (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO410 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| KS (C,O,FIPS)
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| South Korean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Anaafo Koria (C,U,Akan)
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| An Chóiré Theas (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Anyiehe Korea nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Cənub Koreya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Caoli (C,U)
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| Chōsen (C,U)
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| Chyosyön (C,U)
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| Corai (C,U)
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| Coras (C,U)
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| Coray (C,U)
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| Corea (C,U)
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| Corea dal Sid (C,U,Romansh)
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| Corèa del Sud (C,U,Occitan)
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| Corea del Sud (C,U,Catalan)
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| Corea del Sud (Italian)
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| Corea del Sud (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Corea d' 'o Sud (C,U,Napoletano-Calabrese)
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| Corea d'o Sur (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Corea do Sur (C,U,Galician)
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| Corea dû Sud (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Corea (Repubblica) (C,U,Italian)
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| Corê du Sud (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Corée (C,U)
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| Coreea de Sud (C,U,Romanian)
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| Corée (République de) (C,U,French)
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| Coreia do Sul (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Coréia, Sul (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Coria (C,U)
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| Daehan-Min’guk (C,U)
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| Dae Han Min Kuk (C,U)
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| Dai Han (C,U)
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| De Corea (C,U,Welsh)
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| Dél-Korea (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Dienvidkoreja (C,U,Latvian)
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| Etelä-Korea (C,U,Finnish)
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| Güney Kore (C,U,Turkish)
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| Hān (C,U)
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| Han-kouo (C,U)
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| Hàn Quốc (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Hego Korea (C,U,Basque)
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| i-South Korea (C,U,Zulu)
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| Jamhuri ya Korea (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Jižní Korea (C,U,Czech)
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| Južná Kórea (C,U,Slovak)
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| Južna Koreja (C,U,Croatian)
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| Južna Koreja (Bosnian)
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| Južna Koreja (Slovene)
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| Južna Koreja (Upper Sorbian)
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| Kan-koku (C,U)
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| Kaoli (C,U)
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| Kara no Kuni (C,U)
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| Kōlea Tonga (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Komara Korêyê (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Kōrai (C,U)
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| Korea ar Su (C,U,Breton)
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| Korea Atsimo (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Korea, Dél (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Korea Dheghow (C,U,Cornish)
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| Korea Jugore (C,U,Albanian)
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| Kórea, Južná (C,U,Slovak)
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| Korea Kujalleq (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Korea Kusini (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Korea Kusini (Swahili (generic))
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| Korea Południowa (C,U,Polish)
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| Korea, Republic of (C,U,English)
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| Korea (Republik Korea, Südkorea) (C,U,German)
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| Korea Selatan (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Korea Selatan (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Korea t'Isfel (C,U,Maltese)
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| Korea ya Kusini (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Kore Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish)
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| Kore disid (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Korëe tî Mbongo (C,U,Sangho)
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| Koree Worgo (C,U,Fulah)
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| Koreja e Jugut (C,U,Albanian)
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| Koreja, Južna (C,U,Croatian)
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| Koreja t’Isfel (C,U,Maltese)
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| Kórejská republika (C,U,Slovak)
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| Kore wa mwinshi (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Koreya (C,U)
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| Koreya ey'omumaserengeta (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Koreya Respublikası (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Koreya Ta Kudu (C,U,Hausa)
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| Koreya y'amajepfo (C,U,Rundi)
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| Koria (C,U)
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| Korie (C,U)
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| Korɛ ya súdi (C,U,Lingala)
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| Korye (C,U)
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| Koryŏ (C,U)
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| Kuuriyada Koonfureed (C,U,Somali)
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| Lõuna-Korea (C,U,Estonian)
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| Lõuna Korea (C,U,Estonian)
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| Mátta-Korea (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Nam Triều Tiên (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Orílẹ́ède Ariwa Kọria (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Pietų Korėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| República da Coréia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Republiek Korea (C,U,Dutch)
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| Republika Korei (C,U,Polish)
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| Repùblika Kòreji (C,U,Kashubian)
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| Republikken Korea (Sydkorea) (C,U,Danish)
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| Republik Korea (C,U,German)
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| Republik Korea (Breton)
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| Respublica Coreae (C,U,Latin)
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| Salatan nga Korea (C,U,Waray (Philippines))
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| Saut Korea (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Selatan Korea (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Sør-Korea (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Sør-Korea (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Sør-Korea (Norwegian)
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| Sør-Korea, Republikken (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Sud-Korea (C,U,Ido)
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| Sud-Koreio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Sud-Koreo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Suður-Kórea (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Suður-Korea (C,U,Faroese)
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| Suid-Korea (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Sulüda-Koreyän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Süüdkorea (C,U,Low German)
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| Sydkorea (C,U,Danish)
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| Sydkorea (Swedish)
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| Taehan-min’guk (C,U,Korean)
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| Tai Han (C,U)
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| Tchao-sien (C,U)
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| Tchösen (C,U)
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| Timog Korea (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Tschosön (C,U)
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| Tyōsen (C,U)
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| Worodugu Kore (C,U,Bambara)
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| Zuid-Korea (C,U,Dutch)
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| Zuud-Korea (C,U,Limburgan)
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| 남조선 (C,U,Korean)
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| ເກົາຫລີໃຕ້ (C,U,Lao)
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| ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| ཁྲའོ་ཤན་ལྷོ་རྒྱུད (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Јужна Кореја (C,U,Serbian)
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| Јужна Кореја (Macedonian)
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| 韩国 (C,U,Chinese, Wu)
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| სამხრეთ კორეა (C,U,Georgian)
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| ประเทศเกาหลีใต้ (C,U,Thai)
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| کرهٔ جنوبی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Южная Корея (C,U,Russian)
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| Южна Корея (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ᎤᎦᎾᏭ ᎢᏗᎵ ᎪᎴᎠ (C,U,Cherokee)
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| Κορέα, Νότια (C,U,Greek)
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| កូរេ (C,U,Khmer)
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| Νότια Κορέα (C,U,Greek)
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| Հարավային Կորեա (C,U,Armenian)
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| کره جنوبی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Јужна Кореа (C,U,Macedonian)
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| សាធារណរដ្ឋកូរ៉េ (C,U,Khmer)
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| เกาหลีใต้ (C,U,Thai)
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| كوريا الجنوبية (C,U,Arabic)
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| ደቡብ ኮርያ (C,U,Amharic)
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| 남한 (C,U,Korean)
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| Корея, Южна (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ദക്ഷിണ കൊറിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| 韓国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| קוריאה הדרומית (C,U,Hebrew )
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| سوېلي کوريا (C,U,Pashto)
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| Корея де Суд (C,U,Romanian)
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| Південна Корея (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| दक्षिण कोरिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| दक्षिण कोरिया (Hindi)
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| दक्षिण कोरिया (Nepali)
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| ሰሜን ኮሪያ (C,U,Amharic)
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| தென் கொரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| სამხრეთი კორეა (C,U,Georgian)
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| កូរ៉េ (C,U,Khmer)
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| தென்கொரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| 大韓民国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| کۆریای باشوور (C,U,Kurdish)
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| දකුණු කොරියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| Паўднёвая Карэя (C,U,Belarusian)
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| દક્ષિણ કોરિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| 대한민국 (C,U,Korean)
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| တောင်ကိုရီးယား (C,U,Burmese)
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| ደቡብ ኮሪያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ደቡብ ኮሪያ (Amharic)
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| ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೋರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ଦକ୍ଷିଣ କୋରିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| کره ی جنوبی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Південня Корея (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Солтүстік Корея (C,U,Kazakh)
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| קוריאה, דרום (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ദക്ഷിണകൊറിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| جنوبی کوریا (C,U,Urdu)
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| ཀོ་རི་ཡ། ལྷོ་མ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| दक्षिणी कोरिया (C,U,Hindi)
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| దక్షిణ కొరియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| Chosen (H,O)
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| Chosŏn (H,V)
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............ | usually refers to united ancient kingdom |
| Koryo (H,V)
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............ | ancient, usually refers to united Korea |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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as separate from North Korea, since 1948 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established 1948 |
| controlled region (H) |
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Japanese, 1890s-August 1945 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Seoul .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, South Korea, Seoul) [7002223] |
| historical connection .... |
Kojosŏn .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711700] |
| historical connection .... |
Korean Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711784] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1991 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Korea (Republik Korea, Südkorea).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1835841 |
| Republikken Korea (Sydkorea).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1835841 |
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